Create a PTR record associating the IP address planned for the OpenStack Management Server with its FQDN, and ensure that the OpenStack Management Server can connect to a DNS server.

Obtain the following NSX-T parameters. You configured these parameters when deploying NSX-T.

FQDN or IP address of the NSX Manager

Username and password to access the NSX Manager

Overlay transport zone

VLAN transport zone

Tier-0 router

DHCP profile

Metadata proxy server and value of the secret parameter

Procedure

Configure the management, API access, transport, and external networks and assign a dedicated VLAN to each.

Ensure that the management and API access networks have sufficient IP addresses to support your deployment.

The required size of these networks depends on the deployment mode and on whether you want to deploy Ceilometer.

Deployment Mode

IP Address Requirements

HA

Management network: 11 contiguous IP addresses

API access network: 2 contiguous IP addresses

HA with Ceilometer

Management network: 16 contiguous IP addresses

API access network: 2 contiguous IP addresses

Compact or tiny

Management network: 4 contiguous IP addresses

API access network: 1 IP address

Compact or tiny with Ceilometer

Management network: 9 contiguous IP addresses

API access network: 1 IP address

Important:

Ensure that the management network and API access network can each be expanded to twice the original number of IP addresses during upgrades. When upgrading VMware Integrated OpenStack, you will temporarily require sufficient IP addresses to support two deployments.

Ensure that the vCenter Server, NSX Manager, and NSX Controller instances can access the management network on Layer 2 or Layer 3.

Ensure that the API access network is externally accessible.

On the transport network, set the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) to 1600 bytes.

On your vCenter Server instance, create a data center.

In the data center, create the management cluster.

For HA deployments, the cluster must contain at least three hosts and at least one datastore.

For compact or tiny deployments, the cluster must contain at least one host and at least one datastore.

Create the compute cluster.

The compute cluster must contain at least one host and at least one datastore.

(Optional) Create the edge cluster.

If you create an edge cluster, it must contain at least one host and at least one datastore.

On the management and compute clusters, open the Configure tab and click the Edit... button.